CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Azikiwe became governor-general on 16 November 1960, with Abubakar Tafawa Balewa as prime minister, and became the first Nigerian named to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. When Nigeria became a republic in 1963, he was its first president. In both posts, Azikiwe’s role was largely ceremonial.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nwafor Orizu was the only Senate President of Nigeria ever to ascend to the Nigerian presidency through the constitutional order of succession. He was later forced to handover power to Aguiyi-Ironsi military junta. Anyim Pius Anyim was the first Senate President born after independence, he was born on 19 February 1961.

Detailed explanation-3: -In September of 1788 the state of Pennsylvania elected William Maclay and Robert Morris to serve in the newly created United States Senate, the first two senators elected under the new Constitution. The framers of the Constitution set March 4, 1789, as the date for the first Senate to convene.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan GCON (born 12 January 1959) is a Nigerian politician and professor who has served as President of the Senate of Nigeria since 2019.